Elin & Artefacto
Artefacto
I've been noticing how the quiet in a studio feels like a blank piece of clay, waiting to be shaped—do you think silence can be a kind of material we work with?
Elin
Yes, silence can feel like a blank piece of clay, waiting for your breath and intention to give it shape. It’s quiet but full of possibilities.
Artefacto
It’s true—when you pause, the silence itself starts to take on a texture, a weight, like the wetness of fresh earth before it hardens. I try to feel that texture in my hands, letting the quiet give me the rhythm to decide where a curve should fall, where a flaw might become a story in the piece. The possibilities feel endless, but the art lies in the patience to let the silence breathe into shape.
Elin
That sounds like a gentle dance with the unseen, a careful listening to the hush before the stone takes form. It’s beautiful how you let the quiet guide your hand, shaping the space as much as the object.
Artefacto
I’m glad you see it that way. The hush is the true companion to clay; it whispers where the line should rest, where the weight should shift. In that quiet, the stone learns to listen back.
Elin
I think that quiet, like a soft voice, is the one that lets us hear the real shape of the thing we’re making. It’s a conversation with the clay, almost.